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Wednesday, 31 December 2014

What were the most popular games of 2014? High profile new releases like Destiny and the current-gen version of Grand Theft Auto 5 might come to mind. But some older games have the staying power to remain more popular than new releases.

Monday, 8 December 2014

Developed by Crystal Dynamics, Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris is the successor to the critically-acclaimed Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light. Featuring four-player co-op, Lara Croft joins forces with rival archaeologist Carter Bell and imprisoned Egyptian gods Horus and Isis, to defeat the evil god Set. Players must work together to defeat hordes of enemies, solve devious puzzles, and avoid deadly traps, all the while competing for treasure, powerful artifacts, and ultimate bragging rights. Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris launches December 9th on Xbox One!

Wednesday, 3 December 2014

Introducing the PlayStation®4 20th Anniversary Edition - A Celebration of PlayStation®'s rich history. Featuring the Original Gray finish of the debut console, classic logo, and an Original Gray DUALSHOCK®4 controller and PlayStation® Camera.

"Disney Worlds Connect" highlights what fans have always loved about the franchise -- following Sora and the colorful Disney cast as they encounter countless dangers and villains in worlds both familiar and brand-new. The worlds in KINGDOM HEARTS HD 2.5 ReMIX include – Never Land (Peter Pan), Olympus Coliseum (Hercules), 100 Acre Wood (Winnie the Pooh), Pride Lands (The Lion King), Space Paranoids (Tron), Timeless River (Steamboat Willie), Deep Space (Lilo & Stitch), Port Royal (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl) and more.

DeNA, Disney and LucasFilm take us behind the scenes of the new Star Wars: Galactic Defense free-to-play elite tower defense mobile game for the App Store for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, Google Play for Android devices, and the Amazon Appstore for Kindle Fire and Android. The developers talk about the famous landscapes and legendary Star Wars characters playable in the game, while also detailing the different types of towers players will be able to build to defeat their opposition.

TSC News editor Fred Richani reviews the new WWE 2K15 video game for Xbox 360. How does the final WWE game on the last generation of consoles hold up? You might be surprised and not in a good way. For more info: https://twitter.com/SportsCourier

SQUARE ENIX today premiered a new trailer to celebrate the opening day of Paris Games Week. This latest trailer, “Enter the Fray” transports viewers to the dynamic and enthralling world of Orience, where a turbulent war of nations threatens to tear the land apart.

Friday, 24 October 2014

Lost Sea is a 3D strategy action game that takes place inside a procedurally generated archipelago. It's up to you to form a ragtag crew of survivors and explore the surrounding islands as you hunt for the resources you'll need to upgrade your ship and make your escape. The game is set inside a cartoon B-movie universe, where an otherwise normal individual (you!) is transformed into an intrepid hero after a routine flight over the Atlantic Ocean ends in disaster, leaving you stranded on a mysterious archipelago located deep inside the Bermuda Triangle.

Foreshadowing the story of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, The Trail Opening Cinematic is an epic sneak peek into the adventure that awaits gamers in Wild Hunt. See witchers Geralt of Rivia and his mentor Vesemir pursue Geralt’s long lost love, the immensely powerful, raven-black-haired sorceress -- Yennefer of Vengerberg.

Sunday, 19 October 2014

A new vision for the blockbuster franchise, Call of Duty®: Advanced Warfare takes players to a future devastated by a global attack. Rising from the chaos is Atlas, a Private Military Corporation led by the cunning Jonathan Irons. With the most powerful military force in the world, Atlas has effectively become a superpower for hire. Playing as Jack Mitchell, suit up in an advanced exoskeleton and join a highly-trained unit committed to restoring order.

IGN pits the graphical capability of the Alienware Alpha against the leading consoles, with comparisons of Assassin's Creed 4 and Watch Dogs on PS4, Batman: Arkham Origins on Xbox 360 and Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor on Xbox One. The baseline model of the Alpha contains an Intel i3, running at 2.9GHz with 4GB of RAM and a 2GB Geforece 750Ti graphics card.

Watch_Dogs Bad Blood features an all new story campaign starring T-Bone, the eccentric hacker players first met in Watch_Dogs, who is now playable for the first time. The campaign explores T-Bone’s story through 10 new missions set in new, unique locations throughout Chicago. Features include coop, new weapons, locations and more!

Viking Squad is a lane-based brawler where you and your friends fight your way out from under the maniacal rule of the village Jarl. Along the way you will encounter strange new foes, gather powerful weapons and liberate strange new gods in an ever-expanding pantheon of plunder!

Sunday, 14 September 2014

Nvidia tech exec Sridhar Ramaswamy walks us through the new $300 Tegra K1 Shield Tablet, which was designed to play PS3-quality video games on the go or through an HD or 4K TV, in this exclusive technology interview from Gamescom 2014.

Sunday, 24 August 2014

Sunday, 17 August 2014

Drivatar opponents in an open world, 1000 player clubs with shared progression, instant multiplayer with no lobbies and no waiting are just several of the features that make Forza Horizon 2 the most social racing game ever made.

Tuesday, 10 June 2014

Jason Paul, the director of Nvidia Shield, walks us through what's new with the portable Android gaming device, including the first gameplay of Portal on the Tegra 4 device, in this exclusive interview.

Danny, Peter, Cam and Dan talk about Steam Machines, VR and go over third party games that might make an appearance at E3 2014 including Mirrors Edge 2, Fallout 4, Evolve, The Division, Destiny and Mass Effect 4.

Wednesday, 4 June 2014

No mics? No problem. Turn your compatible smartphone into a pocket-sized mic and sing your favorite songs to entertain (or in some cases disturb) your friends.

With the upcoming free SingStar™ app not only will your personal microphone be at hand for any harmonising emergencies, but you'll also be able to mix up your personal playlist and queue up the latest hits. Coming 2014.

Monday, 2 June 2014

Fueled by next-gen technology, Mortal Kombat X combines unparalleled, cinematic presentation with all new gameplay to deliver the most brutal Kombat experience ever. For the first time ever, Mortal Kombat X gives players the ability to choose from multiple variations of each character impacting both strategy and fighting style. And with a new fully-connected gameplay experience, players are launched into a persistent online contest where every fight matters in a global battle for supremacy.

Turn 10 and the experts at Bondurant School of High Performance Driving have selected ten amazing vehicles for Forza Motorsport 5 players to collect, race, and customize, including the all-new 2014 Corvette C7 Stingray available in factory colors or Bondurant race trim.

Thursday, 29 May 2014

Tamriel faces annihilation. Molag Bal has claimed the Imperial City while the alliances, locked in a bitter conflict with one another, struggle to seize the Ruby Throne from the clutches of Oblivion. The latest chapter in our cinematic series takes you to the ravaged battlefield of Cyrodiil. Join the fight today in The Elder Scrolls Online!

Thursday, 22 May 2014

Albert Penello and Scott Evans from the Xbox team provide some tips and suggestions to help you get the most out of Kinect on Xbox One. Part 3 includes tips for how to use gesture controls with Kinect on Xbox One.

Wednesday, 21 May 2014

Albert Penello and Scott Evans from the Xbox team provide some tips and suggestions to help you get the most out of Kinect on Xbox One. Part 2 includes tips for using voice commands with Kinect on Xbox One.

The world is ruled by Intoners, six sisters who wield vast magical power through the gift of song. But when Zero, the eldest sister, appears alongside her dragon to murder her sisters, chaos is unleashed. Prepare to face hordes of enemies in high-octane, hack and slash combat and take to the skies on dragon back to assault foes from above. Carnage has never looked so beautiful.

There's plenty of variety within each category, too. The autorifle sub-category include burst-fire pulse rifles, single-shot carbines, and an array of full-auto assault rifles that prove murderously effective at close range. Despite the sprawling arsenal, Bungie's designers are taking pains to hand-tune each weapon's look, feel, and lore, making them feel like natural extensions of the game's fiction, not the expressions of some rampant computer algorithm.

Watch our new dev diary for more insight into Destiny, on PS4 and PS3 September 9th in North America.

On May 1, 1994, Ayrton Senna - a 3 time Formula One world champion died in a tragic accident leaving his family, fans and nation to morn the loss of the world's greatest race car driver. In the wake of his passing, Ayrton's sister Viviane Senna, set up the Instituto Ayrton Senna (IAS) to fulfill his longing to help his countrymen of Brazil

Ayrton's Wish, explores Senna's dream to give the children of Brazil opportunity to realize their own potential, and the new found relationship between Gran Turismo and IAS. More important than Senna's success behind the wheel, the film speaks to Ayrton's love for Brazil.

Ayrton's Wish is directed by Tamir Moscovici, who also directed "KAZ: Pushing the Virtual Divide", a movie created as part of the celebration for Gran Turismo's 15th Anniversary. Most recently, "KAZ" won the "Best Long Format Featuring Promotional Content" category at the annual Game Marketing Awards 2014.

Monday, 28 April 2014

Major Nelson was on hand at the much-anticipated dig to unearth the long-buried E.T. game cartridges buried in the desert of New Mexico. The historic undertaking will be showcased in an upcoming Xbox Entertainment Studios documenatary, directed by Zak Penn.

Saturday, 26 April 2014

Sportsfriends will be available May 6th on PS3 and PS4 for $14.99. Sportsfriends is a compendium of award-winning local multiplayer games for living rooms, parties, and even backyards. Featuring: retro-style fighting game BaraBariBall, QWOP-like pole vault dueling game Super Pole Riders, high-velocity sports game Hokra, and face-to-face physical party game Johann Sebastian Joust. All the games are playable with DualShocks, while Johann Sebastian Joust can be further enhanced by the PlayStation Move controller.

With Diablo 3 Reaper of Souls out on PC, Blizzard is focusing on the PlayStation 4 version of the game. Matthew Burger, senior level designer at Blizzard Entertainment, talks about what's in store for Sony gamers in this exclusive interview from PAX East.

Wednesday, 23 April 2014

Oz awakens to find himself in Misrid -- a cursed land at the world's western frontier -- with a dark shroud covering his memories of the past. The land before him contains many labyrinths that hold both treasure and danger in equal volumes.

Without knowing where else to go or what else to do, Oz decides to take up arms in order to hunt down artifacts and eke out a living in this world that feels so new to him. One day, he will have to face his past, but until then, he has no choice but to trust those around him, and in his newfound abilities as a "Demon Gazer."

Octodad: Dadliest Catch will be available April 22nd on PS4 for $14.99. Octodad: Dadliest Catch is about destruction, deception, and fatherhood. The player controls Octodad, a dapper octopus masquerading as a human, as he goes about daily life.

Once a regular beat cop known as Ben Birdland, he fell flat when he got on the wrong side of New Meridian's corrupt police force. Birdland was broken and bent out of shape by his former colleagues, but was tuned up by Dr. Avian and ASG Lab 8. Now he is armed with a full ensemble of pneumatic weaponry, transforming him into the full fortissimo instrument of justice: "Big Band."

Discover a world with the freedom to do whatever you want. Dig down into the unknown depths or build incredible structures, from humble homes to grand cityscapes. Go it alone or bring your friends along for the ride. The only limit is your imagination.